The One-Letter Nested Function - a sample article for some kind of

Zach the Mystic reachzachatgooglesmailservice at dot.com
Mon Feb 13 08:00:52 PST 2012


On 2/13/12 9:14 AM, bearophile wrote:
>
> Where possible it's good to add "static" to nested functions:
>
> static ubyte u(in int a, in int b) pure nothrow { return cast(ubyte) uniform(a,b); }
>

You're right. The only advantage to the way I wrote it is, possibly, 
it's easier for new people (like myself) to grasp the idea. But I'm 
pretty sure uniform is NOT a pure function. In fact, generating random 
numbers is about as far opposite a "pure" function as you can get, 
right? :-)


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